Elephante Blanche by Bijou O’Keefe

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  • Take my blood, please..

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    It’s a good thing I only have two eyes. Otherwise, I’d have to repeat the pre-op for cataract surgery every six months. To be ready for June 17th, I had blood work done today. Not a big deal, except finding a place that takes my insurance. Today it was Quest Diagnostics. In the waiting room…

  • Water galore

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    Today was going as planned. My to-do list was done and we had another pleasant, weekly Zoom chat with my sisters. I live in a large city block, three story building called Project Artaud after Antonine Artaud, the French revolutionary theater artist. In 1973, what was formerly the American Can Company was converted into artists’…

  • Dick

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    Dick Vivian is my dance partner from the KOFY TV20 days (clip on YouTube) That would be late ‘80s. Trying to import a photo here. It’s a long and happy story with many anecdotes. It began when Dick, who was working at the Alta Plaza restaurant, came into my salon and requested a haircut. While…

  • Dancing with the Famous

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    It was 1987, I was visiting Maureen and Daniel in Manhattan. The Palladium nightclub was happening. Disco was surging and this was the place to be. I hit the dance floor and danced back to back with different partners of any persuasion or color. My only criteria was my rotating partners had to be able…

  • Chat GPT

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    I had to look up what it was. Yuck! You need a computer to write for you? I can see spell check. But sometimes even spell check misses the concept and replaces the word I want with a word that is vaguely spelled the same, but destroys the meaning of the sentence. Now, sometimes when…

  • A new project

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    Here’s the idea. I love reading, I have a background in theater and I need a job where commuting isn’t a part or standing for lengthy periods of time. So, there is at least one company looking for readers to record audio books. I made a new resume that focuses on voice. Looks pretty good.…

  • Paratransit waiting room

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    What’s to be said about waiting rooms? Depends on what you’re waiting for. To audition for a play, at the doctor’s office or, as was today, the Metropolitan Transit’s branch that provides reduced taxi fare to those that qualify. The folks waiting at Paratransit waited with an array of personal mobility equipment. Pretty much what…

  • Carnivale strikes again

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    Well not yet. The weekend of May 23 and 24 is the annual Carnivale festivities. I used to love it! Never did the street parade, but was part of Escola Nova de Samba for stage shows. I love samba. The issue for me now is that the street party is a short block away on…

  • Turtle Lane a temporary Snail’s pace

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    That’s right. I sprained my knee attempting a quick ATM withdrawal. I had the cab wait while I went to a Gas Station’s ATM. I’m negotiating the curb with cane and meter running. And my cane. No fall, but I must have twisted a weird way to get up the curb. That’s all I can…

  • Heart geometry

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    Take a pie chart, which is basically what a cross section of an aortic valve would look like. Now divide it in three sections. That’s what your average valve would look like. Erase that and make only one dividing line giving you two sections. And that is what 20% of the population has. My cardiologist…